cytotoxic T cells — cytotoxic T lymphocytes … Medical dictionary
Cytotoxic T cell — Antigen presentation stimulates T cells to become either cytotoxic CD8+ cells or helper CD4+ cells. A cytotoxic T cell (also known as TC, Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte, CTL, T Killer cell, cytolytic T cell, CD8+ T cells or killer T cell) belongs to a… … Wikipedia
cytotoxic T lymphocytes — (CTL) differentiated T lymphocytes that can recognize and lyse target cells bearing specific antigens recognized by their antigen receptors. Recognition is MHC restricted; the foreign antigen is recognized only in association with self MHC… … Medical dictionary
Cytotoxic — Toxic to cells, cell toxic, cell killing. Any agent or process that kills cells. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are forms of cytotoxic therapy. They kill cells. The prefix cyto denotes a cell. It comes from the Greek kytos meaning hollow, as a… … Medical dictionary
cytotoxic T-cells — Subset of T lymphocytes (mostly CD8+ ) responsible for lysing target cells and for killing virus infected cells (in the context of Class I histocompatibility antigens) … Dictionary of molecular biology
T lymphocytes — the cells primarily responsible for cell mediated immunity; they originate from lymphoid stem cells that migrate from the bone marrow to the thymus and differentiate under the influence of the thymic hormones thymopoietin and thymosin. They are… … Medical dictionary
ТC-лимфоциты — TC lymphocytes, cytotoxic cells ТC лимфоциты. Tип Т лимфоцитов <T lymphocytes>, участвующих в лизировании зараженных вирусами или трансформированных клеток. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А.,… … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
T-8 cells — T cells that express the CD8 transmembrane glycoprotein (CD8+ T cells). They close down the immune response after invading organisms are destroyed. Suppressor T cells are sensitive to high concentrations of circulating lymphokine hormones, and… … Medical dictionary
T-suppressor cells — T cells that express the CD8 transmembrane glycoprotein (CD8+ T cells). They close down the immune response after invading organisms are destroyed. Suppressor T cells are sensitive to high concentrations of circulating lymphokine hormones, and… … Medical dictionary
killer T cells — cytotoxic T lymphocytes … Medical dictionary
